There is always something challenging for me when I try a recipe that is not fully traditional, and by this I mean normal wheat flour, sugar, butter and eggs, which used in different amounts according to the recipe, assure you any kind of successful baking goods.

These simple cookies are the case of my incursion in changing regular granulated sugar for coconut sugar, which I have seen being used in many recipes everywhere, yet never had the chance of trying. I bought a bag of coconut sugar this last summer in Uruguay with the intention of lowering our intake of regular sugar in my baking and it was about time I put it into good use.

A lazy Sunday morning, after a long rainy week calls for this simple, yet comforting loaf, to be the perfect match for a steaming cup of coffee or tea. I don´t know about you, but changing season almost always brings some kind of discomfort to me, I can only make right with these kind of bakes that make me feel cozy again.

I am still trying to get familiar with the oven, but I think I am making some progress. For now I am experimenting with loaves like the almond coconut loaf I made last month and added fruit to this one, without burning it at all!!

I have been away from this page for a while now, but not without a reason. These last summer months brought all kind of changes, including not having my oven anymore. For a long time we have been wanting to move, and we finally did, and until I have our new house ready, I am renting one, that is just what we need for the time being, except for one aspect.

If you have not guessed yet, it is the only item I miss from my former house: my deeply cherished and adored oven!! I realized how privileged I have been all these years now that I don´t have it anymore! No doubt my baked goodies came out so well! I am dealing now with a common gas-yes gas-oven, and I am not particularly fond of it. But it is what I have for now and I will try to make the best I can with it.

After trying the oven with many recipes (I burnt a few!) this loaf came out quite reasonably, and it better did, because I used homemade coconut toasted flakes here, which gave me a bit of work, cracking the fresh coconut open, grating the flakes and toasting them afterwards.